Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-05-05

Mrs. Willis A. Kicker and son returned
home to Castinc from pleasant trip to Mass
achusetts few days ago.
Mr.. Clifton Bragdon, who has been on the
Pacific coast for over twenty years returned
a few days since to his fathers home on
Waukeag Point.
Sorrento is booming. One day, not long
ago, there were sold in the Boston stock mark
ct $500 shares of its stock at 1918 per share.
| The par value is $500.
1t is currently reported that Mr.. Yulee,
| on a lot at Point Levi which the Senator bought
last fall from W. Lee and others.
The Mount Desert Real Estate Company
recently bought three and quarter acres Of
land in good situation for SO 900, and divid-
| Cd these up into thirty lots and sold them the
next day at large advance.
We are in receipt of the Ellsworth idrer-
tiSer, fortysx column paper issued weekly
by Campbell Bros, of this city. 1t is printed
in New York city, but each number will con-
tain supplement giving local news.
The old Exchange building, Bar Harbor
which was moved TO the corner of West and
Rodick streets. has been fitted up, repanted
ana WIT in good shape, and has been sold to T.
l.. farnswor,h of Jonesboro who will soon
open il A. a transient hotel.
ON the morning Of the ith OF july, 1850
Charles W. Eldridcc. a lad of fifteen years
complained Of having bad headache and. as
he started out said to his father. Capt. Abner
Eidri,,-sr. who resides about mile from Or
land, on the Duck cove road that he was 60
Ing to Mast lin. a place where there was CO.
in; to be picnic, about two miles away. He
has never Yet returned. The next morning
the father started on u search for him. lie
learned that he had been to the picnic, also that
he had been seen on the road going toward
Bangor. He followed on to Bangor and en-
ploycd a detective, who was on search about
two weeks without success. With the except
ion that unreliable reports were circulated at
one time that he had been seen and that
spiritual medium had declared positively that
he had been drowned. no news was received
from him until short time since when the
captain received letter from Charles dated
Laconia. y. H.. April 9th. IL stated he was
well, was Visiting a friend. and would leave
the next day for New York, did not intend TO
stop there. That letter directed to him at
Iaconia wouIl BE- forwarded to him.
Councillor George NJ. Warren Of caStinc
says at Augusta that the place 10 make mon
ry now /, IN Hancock County. Bar IIarbor j.
booming. and the boom j. spreading out all
over the Island Of Mt. Desert. Th, spring
land has been sold in the village Of Bar liar-
hor At the rate OF $4,000 an acre. \ gentle
man At Augusta saws two we'll known Ban
.or men have just paid 900 for q lot Of land
- by 81 feet. The Bar lIarbor Land COM
pany bought tract % land On Eden street
thi, >priu. FIR S3i p0o cur ii Up into lot~ and
sold it right OF for Si> $500 \ gentleman who
4 short time AGO was >ick Of a trade whereby
h. bought a block of Bar liarhur Land Com
pauy stock for 2lNnU now has refused an offer
81 5000 for the same Stock. Thc Bndjek- are
>triiuiu- every nerve 10 make their water
works ir,t-ca-~ ~ every respect Il j, rnid
;h1f the, ary doing t.fpo. II TIL j. %, the now
company may not need pr care 20 venture into
the ticll. 4 system III tFcra-c i -ain1 u,
the drainage 10 Ice towards d point oi tile
stand some distance from l}ly IiiThor. E',n
y rhi, ,ar't ,rff 'a.rr /, -r,4t hu>tl, and ac-
'4,sft e. Ear IiGbrr. and ii {, predicted that
reai r.t.te wi.I hrrp A. upward bent for some
tiuiy.
rhr chaa-., and impr 'gemrut- on ihr
Steamer .L.t.i-tou- htyr hr.n completed
aud il wu> expected thai Size would hc
rrul. NJ taA. hcr pAco ou thr rau'a either
on Wrlu, -d4y. April y. or Monday, vi, .,
ISL u ~ hiah time IN" " kofahdin' viii pc
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